Posted on 04/20/2005 4:38:27 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
BALTIMORE -- The 11 News I-Team has obtained the rest of the story about what Joe Steffen, an Ehrlich appointee, said on a Web site concerning Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life.
I-Team reporter David Collins said the Democrats have used the postings to portray Steffen as a Republican dirty trickster and republicans said he was set up. Steffen communicated with a mysterious Web site user calling themselves MD4Bush and we have both sides of the conversation that was originally done in private.
The summer of 2004 sizzled with rumors surrounding the personal life of O'Malley and Steffen got caught up in it by discussing the rumor publicly on the conservative Web site, freerepublic.com. Steffen resigned after The Washington Post exposed him.
(Excerpt) Read more at thewbalchannel.com ...
MD'amBUSH4 BUMP
Very interesting.
Finally, the truth is coming out.
This article is horribly written. Is WABL employing twelve-year-old reporters and writers in order to reduce operating costs?
Yes and this is good advice for all of us. If we are not a saint, the media will rip us apart. Of course, Ted Kennedy and Hillary, get a free pass.
I'm due for sainthood any day now, as soon as they get this silly pope stuff out of the way.
:>)
I believe the account was left out there to preserve the historical record.
Keep in mind this "hero" of the left-MD4Bush was also
trashing MD Sen Barbara Mikulski as a lesbian.
Jim posted that he wished he had a subpeana to reveal who the poster was. Any update Jim? Is a subpeana really necessary legally?
Are ya EVER gonna comment?
Really, if it's just to say, "Sheesh, I don't know how I got involved in this" or, "I wish I'd never propigated the rumor myself", that'd be great.
Thanks,
You read it because MD4Bush made them public.
This is an interesting development locally here in Baltimore. WBAL news and the Balto Sun share news resources, I guess to save both money, since they don't compete in the same form of media. WBAL sides with Steffen while the Sun continues to bash Steffen as a monster.
I hope this new story strains the two news groups' relationship. Besides Bruce Elliott and El Rushbo on WBAL radio, I can't stand the TV or radio forms of WBAL.
And the Sun sucks. Period.
All I need for news is my comrade freepers, drudge report, and WCBM AM680.
Fox News is an entertainment channel.
And yet, O'Malley has nothing but praise for MD4Bush, even though they seem to be spreading all the rumors about him:
"The mayor spoke publicly Monday about Md4Bush.
"I don't know who the person is that is Md4Bush, who engaged the governor's longtime dirty tricks person into the banter that revealed this," O'Malley said. "If I ever find out, I'm going to give the person a medal, though, because they really ended a lot of pain that the governor put me and my family through for many, many months."
This certainly implies that O'Malley believes MD4Bush was a planted democrat lying about the story to trick Steffan into saying stuff.
I'll bet Jim knows.
MY GUESS is that MD4Bush is a democrat who wants to play off O'Malley and Ehrlich against each other so his boy gets in during the dem primary.
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